Stuck on boot - Acer Aspire E5-573G

[David Tirddea]

Bonsoir folks! I have some issues with a friend's laptop. It keeps freezing like in the image. Weird thing is that it boots with a old OpenCore efi but not with a new one. I spent some hours comparing the two efi folders but they are the same. So, I decided to come here again. What could be the issue?

 

OLD EFI (it boots): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J1Tz2RcA49i5HsiRyx4af9ySNL-csAku?usp=sharing

 

NEW EFI (it doesn't boot): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16wHVVmypu-jQ9vqo4obNqdUzHHeDQ3VR?usp=sharing

 

Image: 

Edited April 19, 2022 by David Tirddea

[David Tirddea]

36 minutes ago, Hervé said:

Can you please post the specs of the laptop and indicate the version of OpenCore you use and the version of macOS you try to boot?

Sorry, forgot about this. 

It is an Acer Aspire E5-573G

i5 5200U,

HD 5500

8 RAM,

Kingston SSD (not m.2)

 

I want to run the latest version of OpenCore, which seems to result in a freezing (in image above), but using an old EFI (i think it is a 0.6.6 OpenCore and i don’t know where i got it from), it works.

I wanna figure out why it doesn’t work on the latest version.

I am trying to install Monterey now, but actually now Big Sur (11.6) is installed on the SSD. 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by David Tirddea

[Anto65]

In addition to replacing the binaries with those of the new version, you have to update the kekts, drivers and tools you use ...

consequently also the playlist by comparing it with the Sample.Plist inside the new version in the Docs folder, and finally validating the new one config with Ocvalidate in the Utilities folder
You can do all this simply in an automated way using  OCAT

[David Tirddea]

8 minutes ago, antuneddu said:

In addition to replacing the binaries with those of the new version, you have to update the kekts, drivers and tools you use ...

consequently also the playlist by comparing it with the Sample.Plist inside the new version in the Docs folder, and finally validating the new one config with Ocvalidate in the Utilities folder
You can do all this simply in an automated way using  OCAT

Everytime when there’s an bootloader update, I fully remake the EFI partition. I create a whole new one. 
I don’t simply replace the files according Dortania. 

[Guest 5T33Z0]

@David Tirddea The idea is to refine the EFI and config and not build it from scratch any time a new release drops. Anyway: which ACPI table is this referring to, because I can't find it in your EFI (the working one):

 

 

Do you have another drive in there with another EFI folder maybe where the system is booting from unbeknownst to you?

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by 5T33Z0

[David Tirddea]

Just now, 5T33Z0 said:

The idea is to refine the EFI and config and not build it from scratch any time a new release drops

I know but I just find it more clean.

 

Just now, 5T33Z0 said:

which ACPI table is this referring to, because I can't find it in your EFI (the working one):

I think I used a premade EFI from Olarila in that picture. But since it gives me the same error at the end just like using the new EFI I made by myself, I decided to post it (the image) here anyway. Do you want the image when I actually load the new EFI? It's the same "error" though. 

 

Just now, 5T33Z0 said:

Do you have another drive in there with another EFI folder maybe where the system is booting from unbeknownst to you?

I don't know what you mean here. Do you mean If I had another USB plugged beside the one I tried to boot with the new EFI? It's still odd why it boots only from the old EFI.

[Guest 5T33Z0]

@David Tirddea So basically you uploaded 2 different EFIs with a picture from a 3rd (unrelated) EFI folder and expect us to find the error?

 

Anyway, try this one. It's based on the working one with updated files and I checked it for errors:

 

EFI.zip

 

You have to put RtWlanU.kext back in afterwards manually since it's too big to include it in the zip .

Edited April 19, 2022 by 5T33Z0

[David Tirddea]

Just now, 5T33Z0 said:

So basically you uploaded 2 different EFIs with a picture from a 3rd (unrelated) EFI folder and expect us to find the error?

Okay, I know I should have mention that earlier but it freezes at the same point. 

 

Just now, 5T33Z0 said:

Anyway, try this one. It's based on the working one with updated files and I checked it for errors:

 

At first, I copied the EFI provided into my flash drive and booted from it. The apple logo appeared but not the loading bar. So, I added the RtWlanU.kext and took an OC Snapshot (ProperTree since I did that on Windows) and enabled verbose mode. Now, it works and Hackintool shows the latest OpenCore version. How you made it?

[David Tirddea]

Okay so, I tried something. Removing SSDT-XOSI and its patch is now getting stuck at some new point. I am removing the SSDT cause according to Dortania, it's optional and its used to enable the trackpad. I don't know why its getting stuck here now.